The aboriginal civil rights movement is a triumph of the human spirit. The aboriginal civil rights movement is a triumph of the human spirit, though it has its shortcomings. The aboriginal civil rights movement achieved many things politically and socially with the help of significant people and there are some things we are yet to achieve. Firstly, the aboriginal civil rights movement 's political achievements meaning achievements that directly relate to law and legislation, are extremely…
people issues. This research will be about a hunger strike that Theresa Spence started on December 11, 2012 as a result of a breach of duty on the part of the federal government in relation to First Nation people. She required a meeting with the Prime Minister of Canada and leaders of indigenous peoples of Canada to discuss a treaty on the rights of First Nations. A hunger strike which lasted 6 weeks has been a part of mass protest, and it got a lot of public attention. Also, this protest…
With the announcement of Prime Minister John Howard declared that Cabinet had commit troops to war with Iraq, questions arisen as to whether it is considered legal and valid for the government to be involve in the Australia’s armed force. Looking back at more than 100 years ago, it is evident that the Prime Ministers had been making decisions with regards to the deployment of troops were without Parliamentary approval. Before 1942, Australia’s war entitlement still lies with the Britain due to…
Sir Henry Parkes was born to extreme poverty and difficulty in England. Henry found his dream to a politician when it was discovered that he had excellent oratory skills. He was elected to the New South Wales Parliament in 1854, becoming the prime minister five different times, premier from March to August 1877. He helped introduce laws which improved hospitals, prisons and the lives of small farms. Henry had a passion for helping people. As Henry Parkes quoted “A man must be himself or…
leave a favor unanswered and brought out his opinion about Trump’s presidency even before he became a leader of the US administration. "The Republican nominee is unfit to serve as president," Obama said at a White House news conference with the Prime Minister of Singapore. "He keeps on proving it." President’s critique was caused by several Trump’s passages. The list contains Republican’s comments about the family of the dead Muslim…
According to the Constitution, crown is the repository of the whole administrative authority. Constitution prescribes vast powers of the crown. Two main sources of powers of the crown are as follows: • Prerogatives According to Dicey, Prerogatives of the crown signify those powers which have not been taken away from the monarch during the process of decline in his powers. There was a time when the whole governmental authority belonged to the monarch before the recognition of “principle of…
“in a close-run vote, the British public decides to exit the European Union. An emotional David Cameron resigns as prime minister the next…
Carl Wilkens is the director of World Outside My Shoes and upstander in the Rwandan genocide in 1994. He was the only American that stayed throughout the 100-day massacre of 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus and tries to protect his friend in Rwanda and the kids that lived there and help the people living in Kigali during the brutal times of war. The genocide was the result of Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana’s death in a plane crash in 1994, according to the United Nations. A Hutu himself…
and spending are becoming great issues as they both persist to exponentially increase every year. Taxes are one of the most significant aspects keeping our country running. In particular, corporate taxes being one of the main forms of revenue. Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull has proposed to cut these taxes to a lower rate. These cuts have not been analysed in depth and the negative impacts have not been considered. As young adolescents, we are the future for this country. It is time we become…
after 8 years of strike action. In 1975, prime minister Gough Whitlam handed the land belonging to the Gurindji people back to Vincent Lingiari and his people and the strike led to the Aboriginals Land Right Act passed by the Whitlam government in 1975. Whitlam was quoted as saying this about the handover “On this great day, I, Prime Minister of Australia, speak…